The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 7, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
1:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.08° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.77° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.